I have a new working paper with @aidanmilliff.com and Varun KR which is now available on SocArXiv: osf.io/preprints/so...

The Democratic Party has no idea how angry its base is. Lead, right now, or get out of the way.

Why parties can benefit from promoting occupational diversity in legislatures: Experimental evidence from three countries by Mia Costa and Miguel M. Pereira is now available in Early View. @miacosta.bsky.social @miguelpereira.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/02/26/w...

Mark your calendars! 🗓️ @sabrinamkarim.bsky.social is holding a #booklaunch event on March 6th to discuss "Positioning Women in Conflict Studies: How Women's Status Affects Political Violence" with Summer Lindsey & Kanisha Bond.

No registration required! Hope to see you there!
#polisky #gendersky

In 2021, the president of El Salvador Nayib Bukele announced that the country would adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. This was justified to promote financial inclusion, increasing remittance flows, and enhancing development.

How did this turn out?
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The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies is hosting its annual graduate student conference!

live-einaudi.pantheonsite.io/programs/rep...

Applications are due this Friday! So apply and join this year's cohort of interdisciplinary scholars here at Cornell University on April 12th!

We are hiring! 🎉

Production Manager, LSE Press - £42,429 to £50,656

If you are interested in joining an ambitious non-profit open access press, find out more here: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

Applications close 16 December 2024 @lseblogs.bsky.social @ipghq.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social

To all undergrads/recent grads interested in careers in evidence-informed approaches to poverty reduction: J-PAL's and IPA's annual recruitment drive is now open (through Jan 13). www.povertyactionlab.org/page/recruit.... I can't think of a better way to start out

📢New #PAG19 Critical Perspectives📢 Rachel Brulé in 'Climate Shocks and Gendered Political Transformation' looks to South Asia to argue that 'climate shocks' are gendered and open new opportunities women's representation in politics.

PoliSky GenderSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#polisky #gendersky #HPE

Any one-liners of advice from your PHD advisors that you always pass on to students?

My favorite from Frances Rosenbluth was to “tape your argument onto your computer and remember not to stray”

This is an incredibly astute line:

"Overall, the electorate shifted couchward, not rightward"

I’ve been writing professionally for 24 years and I keep having to relearn the lesson: the simplest way to dramatically improve a piece of writing is to cut it down.

🏆🚨Afripolsky, it's award nomination season! APCG is accepting nominations for Best Dissertation, Best Graduate Student Paper, Best Article Award, and Best Book Award. Nominations are due on May 4.

More info about each category is in this thread. Please share widely.🚨🏆

Should we rethink what democracy really means?
We talk with @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about his new book and the urgent need to prevent the capture of state power by private interests. bit.ly/4adIwrK

www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-fede...

In the European Research Council MULTIREP project we are looking for a postdoc in Computational Social Science. If you are a political/social scientist doing technical/methods stuff or data/computer scientist working on social science applications, 👇 is for you wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...